First report of the Ad Hoc Committee on Sufficient Consensus

dc.contributor.authorSouth Africa. Multi-Party Negotiating Process. Negotiating Council. Ad Hoc Committee on Sufficient Consensus.
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-07T15:29:38Z
dc.date.accessioned2019-03-08T14:10:39Z
dc.date.available2017-03-07T15:29:38Z
dc.date.available2019-03-08T14:10:39Z
dc.date.issued1993
dc.description.abstractThis report contains the recommendations of the Ad Hoc Committee on Sufficient Consensus: The issue of sufficient consensus was discussed in the Negotiating Council on 18th June, 1993. The matter was referred to the Planning Committee for consideration. On the recommendation of the Planning Committee, the Negotiating Council established an Ad Hoc Committee on Sufficient Consensus, consisting of 5 members. They were assisted by the Sub-Committee of the Planning Committee, consisting of 3 members. The Ad Hoc Committee had two discussions. The first was on the 24th June 1993, and the second was on 20th July, 1993. The Committee identified the following issues: The application of sufficient consensus as opposed to the formulation of the Standing Rules; the need to explore the concept of insufficient consensus; the problem of filibustering ; the need for systematic procedures/guidelines for the Chairperson. The Committee recommended that the Standing Rules for the meetings of the Negotiating Forum and the Negotiating Council should remain as they were, and that a set of guidelines should be formulated to facilitate the application of the Rules. The Committee recommended that participants to the Negotiating Council should try to create a constructive negotiating spirit. This would help to avoid “filibustering” or “majoritarianism: The Committee made recommendations on procedural guidelines for the Chairperson, and suggested mechanisms which the Chair could use to counter “filibustering”, and maximise consensus. Finally, the Committee suggested that in order to ensure that good progress was made in the negotiating process, clear time frames would have to be stipulated by the Negotiating Council in respect of any mechanisms employed.en_ZA
dc.description.librarianCW2017en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12430/22167
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherCODESAen_ZA
dc.subjectNegotiation--Political aspects--South Africaen_ZA
dc.subjectConsensus (Social Sciences)en_ZA
dc.titleFirst report of the Ad Hoc Committee on Sufficient Consensusen_ZA
dc.typeReporten_ZA
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